I'm reading Hobsbawm and these guys randomly appear all the time but he never bothers to explain who they are and what they want

  • Dewot523 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    They're literally just frats but for middle-aged, usually settled men. Far less wild and rapey, more grill-and-charity-drive-y. They do rituals and rites because having secret dress up with your boys is fun as shit, it essentially serves the same social function as any in-joke.